Introduction

This is the companion site for Eclipse 3.0 Kick Start, a book
about the open-source IDE known as Eclipse and how to use plug-ins to
extend Eclipse to make it a highly-productive Java development
environment. This site serves as a clearinghouse for addendum and
corrections to the Eclipse Kick Start book as well as a source of
additional resource for Eclipse information and plug-ins. Using Eclipse
should be a productive experience whether it is through the use of
out-of-the-box Eclipse or with the addition of plug-ins to deliver
extended functionality.

Over the coming weeks this site will encompass many aspects of
Eclipse development: tips, techniques, uesful plug-ins and plug-in
development techniques.

What's New

Check out the Goodies section! There are areas of interest to regular
users of Eclipse as well as plug-in developers. First, there is a
tutorial on how to implement a Cheat Sheets plug-in followed by
a selection of keyboard shortcuts for those with a low mouse-threshhold.

From the Publisher

Eclipse Kick Start focuses on the practical uses of Eclipse,
particularly creating plug-ins, tools that extend the Eclipse platform
with added functionality developers need to build best-of-breed Java
applications. Starting with an overview of the IDE's features and
interface, the authors include examples of building applications,
testing, sharing code, and more. They then discuss the variety of
pre-written plug-ins that developers can use to build Web services,
develop Struts applications, create UML diagrams, and develop
Aspect-oriented programs, all within Eclipse. Later chapters cover the
plug-in architecture and building new plug-ins for implementing new
functions and adding help to applications.

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Code Examples From The Book

Almost every chapter in Eclipse Kick Start has an example on how to
perform certain tasks in Eclipse. The code to the example can be
downloaded here. Every example has
the full source code in Eclipse workspace format.